A raunchy photo of AKB48 idol Tomomi Kasai posing “hand bra” with a child providing the hands has led to Young Magazine withdrawing its latest issue from sale for being “inappropriate,” prompting accusations of “child pornography” and “child abuse” against her, AKB48 and the magazine itself.

An interesting editorial from Young Magazine, which is rather critical of the propensity of seiyuu to go into detail about their characters in interviews and similar, comes to my attention. Rendered into English:

They get on TV and talk all about their character’s feelings and background like they’re the original authors. Nobody says this, but when I see them do it I think “but you didn’t create the character, did you?” What I’m trying to say is that I’d like to see more of those seiyuu who behave like they’re being granted the privilege of playing a role.

Omg, of course they are NOT characters. They are dolls. You say to them to be more angry in this episode. They do. You tell them to make 100 tries of one phrase, because they... More

Anonymous commented on August 21, 2012 00:53

Harsh indeed.
If all that was to a character lied in the hands of creators and directors, they could just voice them themselves and not bother other people with directing them. Instead, they are playing... More